When ECEC settings were ordered to close, alternative childcare arrangements were made so that licensed childcare providers were able to provide care in their own home or in children's parents home
History
Country
New Zealand
Policy Area
ECEC
Measure
Targeted opening of ECEC settings
Eligibility
Children aged under 14 who had parents working in key sectors
Type
Service
Start / Announced Date
26/03/2020
End Date
27/04/2020
Amount
N/A
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Parents
Route to the child
Indirect
Sources
Ministry of Education (2020) COVID-19 update for schools (25 March). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221221212334/https://www.education.govt.nz/news/COVID-19-update-for-schools-25-march/
Masselot, A. and Morrissey, S. (2021) ‘New Zealand country note’, in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G., and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2021. Available at: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/